| a. | 1. | Having a keen appetite for food or drink; ravenous; voracious; very hungry; - followed by of; |
| 2. | Having a keen desire for anything; vehemently desirous; eager to obtain; avaricious; |
| Adj. | 1. | greedy - immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees" |
| 2. | greedy - (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous; "avid for adventure"; "an avid ambition to succeed"; "fierce devouring affection"; "the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity"; "greedy for fame" | |
| 3. | greedy - wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume; "don't be greedy with the cookies" |
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